What Is Going On With Gusman

It seems that Marlin Gusman incompetence will never end. First he was over charging the state for housing prisoners, now he is allowing prisoners to go free.

Elton Phillips, the accused armed robber mistakenly released from the Orleans Parish jail last week, was arrested Thursday by the Hammond police, according to the Hammond Police Department.

Lt. Vincent Giannobile, spokesman for the Hammond Police Department, said Phillips was arrested about 12:30 p.m., after the department received an anonymous call that he was in the area. Police officers stopped a rented Toyota Corolla, in which Phillips was a passenger, driving on Old Baton Rouge Highway west of Hammond, Giannobile said. Phillips was arrested without incident, he said.

By Thursday afternoon Phillips was back at the jail run by Orleans Parish Criminal Sheriff Marlin Gusman.

Maybe Marlin Gusman should be under investigation. Should we wait until his actions cost someone their life? Inaction may be the better word. Either way, New Orleans will surely suffer.